tonight syria denies opposition accusations it was behind friday's massacre they killed scores of civilians as analysts point to the suspicious timing of the atrocity. as the conflict from syria increasingly spills into neighboring lebanon fueling fears of another civil conflict in the region. and of the weeks of the top stories of ten thousand canadians march against your wishes hikes and a new law to curb demos despite previous clashes and massive arrest. hello and welcome this is r.t.

from moscow you're watching the weekly our roundup of the day's main news and headlines of the past seven days with me kevin no internet and first the syrian government strongly denies being behind an attack on a string of villages on friday where u.n. observers confirmed over ninety people were killed damascus rebuffed the accusations from the opposition and some foreign leaders saying there's no evidence to confirm its troops involvement it blames anti regime government for the massacre but there's no way to independently verify any of those claims the syrian rebels meantime say the u.n. peace plan is now dead and they're calling on foreign partners to launch airstrikes against president or sad france has already called for an urgent meeting of the friends of syria group which aims to remove the syrian leader and is funding the opposition and the u.n. security council said to hold an emergency session later on sunday at the request of russia and britain i spoke to political analysts it revolution finds the circumstances of the recent spike in the syrian bloodshed suspicious. some of the families were not. on further

a loyalty to the syrian regime and to bashar al assad so it doesn't make much sense to accuse the syrian army that they have committed these crimes and fuck these crimes have come at a point when a political solution is slate the for the syrian question each time an international envoy is about to come into syria or is close to having some kind of resolution and the security council some of those massacres suddenly among others i think the political timing is always very suspicious it would not make sense for the syrian army to commit these massacres and withdraw and then just let the rebels come and take photos and make documentaries about them. but he sarah firth recently returned from syria explains what she witnessed firsthand in the conflict development. there is no cease fire i see it simply doesn't exist

this crisis now is just becoming increasingly militarized and having this devastatingly high death toll and so we actually spoke to the deputy foreign minister in syria he's in moscow just the other day i'll tell him where the final responsibility lies on what's happening in the country right now the ball is not the call to the syrian government to the syrian people. out of those who do not want to see peace and stability and security in serbia particularly those who are calling and declaring every now and then for arming the. smuggling of arms and. from rebuilding the country you see the rhetoric right from the beginning of the u.n. monitors being there has been now before the plans even reach this three month deadline that it's a failure well ok but it's one thing to say terminologies but what is what's the

alternative you know constantly giving these problems without any other solution is only going to later further violence anything in some of the western countries again continuing right through this peace plan calling for the arming of the opposition we know the arms of traveling into the country and all of this is undermining massively the u.n. it tends to implement a cease fire which is so important that you know that they're able to continue that work and get that done and i think it's very important. you know politics aside in this the human cost of this conflict is devastating and if the u.n. mission thousands is going to get into haifa a syrian on infinite is already. the security council guaranteeing civilian protection that is not going to even attempt to buy this cease fire to. further correspondent who's covered what's going on in syria extensively for she speaks people in iran there now we'll bring you more from syria's deputy foreign minister to about his country's crises later on this. iran r.t.

. well the heat from the conflict in syria has been increasingly felt no neighboring lebanon with street violence for the second week in a row trouble erupted between sunni opponents of president assad's regime and its alawite supporters. spoke to locals who fear the religious clashes could spill into another bloody conflict in the region. an overnight of street protests in beirut. it was sparked when thirteen lebanese pilgrims were kidnapped in syria apparently by groups linked to the syrian rebels the lebanese capital witnessed what it hadn't seen in years as who i am not about here but are moving to a real war between sunni and shia muslims and this is at least what i see in the last day. the reason the spillover from the chaos in neighboring syria shia muslims here generally support syria's president assad while most sunni's favor the rebels likewise lebanon's ruling coalition led by the powerful share

hezbollah is process while the opposition backs the uprising the situation is getting worse obviously in the region and this is having a spillover effect here in lebanon and where we're having to cope with the consequences of that there's also internal tension that's increasing there's a large flow of refugees and there's a lot of instability all around us. some though believe the problems in lebanon aren't only down to the crisis in syria local observers like spanish journalist thomas alcove etal says they are a symptom of a deep divide that's long bubbled under the surface but there's not a dozen there were many unresolved issues after the nine hundred seventy five nine hundred ninety seven war like religious division and the authorities didn't sort it out and now they're discovering it again they kept this situation of instability for many years and that's a good ground for a new conflict like a spark in a powder keg get out and the bad news is the resplendent of power in the cag the

recent history of warfare hand makes sure that and means the political and religious refits i remain more dangerous duller more dished out of our liberal no there are so many factions now sunni shia salafi what's really bad everybody has weapons not only has belarus they may think but everybody in every house and they use them for about a shia. sunni neighborhoods exist side by side in central beirut and in recent years it's been a stable peaceful arrangement but this syria in fact means fear has now greet them feel very turn into a deadly bloody past which residents here desperately hope to avoid but doing it is nothing that is nothing to do with what it takes or what's happening in the region at the moment it's just but then use a toilet against violence and level of it some of the people have to leave but there would be a lot of it but it is still happening and how much is seventy he remembers all the major conflicts more than lebanon has gone through and has

a chilling forecast about the latest trouble surely you but what i see no reminds me of the nineteen eighty two in two thousand and six israeli wars and the one hundred seventy five civil war and the two thousand and eight political uprising here i didn't think i'd witnessed yet another conflict in my life. but it seems a worse case scenario could be gettin more and more likely this neighborhood in beirut where the violence started is known as the ticklish d.d. meaning new road many fear this road may lead the country to a civil war. mary for national party beirut lebanon. later this hour report from another country in the region is on the road to change as well but could egypt's presidential runoff be the choice between a rock and a hard place that's the question with worries over both the leading islamist and former regime can the birds. this last week chicago become not just a stage for nato's biggest ever summit but also for the biggest protest the city's

seen in years thousands rather against what they see as the blocks costly and deadly wars many calling for nato's dissolution our correspondent in a situation a witnessed how the protests met some heavy handed policing. chicago under siege. the last couple of days have seen oceans of protesters thousands marching under a blistering sun to vent their anger at the military alliance who are opposed and you know because of the war machine. this rally fronted by iraq and afghan war vets who are feeling betrayed by the system throw away their medals i am after a minute of silence for those who perished in the u.s. led war zone. all hell breaks loose. chaos but tons of people shoved and dragged police thrown on to their knees

bleeding faces. one officer stabbed dozens of protesters arrested. these men may consider this conduct that they engaged in today unbecoming of the dignity that is demanded of them by their station hundreds and hundreds of police not just in riot gear but military armor with guns and but tons that they willingly deploy on people. a day earlier a smaller but louder march also took to the streets it's an ad capital which i'm sure everyone here hopes to start a revolution they're calling it the chicago spring like the arab spring. signs ripped off crowds clashed with police but times and police bikes used to block off the crowds with more blood in the chaos. with over a million dollars spent on new gear for chicago police a war breaks out with outraged americans fighting for change at home while the u.s.

president is busy hosting a summit on the future of warfare abroad and stacie churkin r.t. chicago illinois. to the north and canada the country witnessed to rest this week because protests of a college fees game momentum despite the emergency law to curb the rallies and thousands of arrests of the last three months huge numbers turned out again on saturday night in quebec has gotten she can was at the latest demo. it's hard to gauge exactly how many people there are on the streets of montreal but those are thousands of people closer to people banging on their pots and pans expressing anger over what they see as her cunny and measures undertaken by the government to suppress people's rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression the government of a good because adopted a new law just last week which makes it illegal to assemble without authorities permission and require the precise roadmap of any more chore demonstration planned

with the you could they came up with the race this response to that requirement and as you can see that is the map of montreal such offensive response is also provoked by the police action against the protesters last week a day after the law was passed they rounded up and arrested over seven hundred people in just one day it was by all accounts that we've heard of very peaceful protests but it was huge according to various reports the number of people marching on the streets of montreal reached a portrait of a million at some point even many of those who didn't care about to wish an hikes and complained about traffic even though they joined the ranks of protesters you see people from all age groups out there forty year old older people all kinds of people almost everyone who witnessed these massive protests say the canadian media are downplaying widespread is that in the police brutality because they say the media are controlled by the government and by those who support the government.

you could see how the movement has evolved over the last three months or so it actually in february when it started those are just the students of came back to gerson's the government ok back and those were generally very peaceful gatherings but the police feedback has been overwhelmingly oppressive and if that wasn't enough the government passed this and typo test a lot which is then ok clearing out the protest actually fanned the flames of the movement making it so much bigger than just the student uprising. the focus of the quebec protests is widely beyond chouest in fees to include the new law is supposed to curtail the rallies but it's only hardening students' resolve it seems canadian journalist michelle boy is covering the rallies she says the authorities and help should now is direct talks bill was seventy eight which is without its faults and its goal is to convert everything down it was established by the provincial

government. in canada we have we have a charter and one of the articles in the charter is the right to protest peacefully and people and protesters now are saying is there certain provisions of this new law are infringing on the freedom to protest peacefully so people are in shock even to retaliate even stronger we really don't know what's going to happen really until the until the government sits down with the student organization since down to talk . coming up just a bit later in the program with me kevin oh in a trick if attention traces of fire and rejuvenated were discovered a nuclear facility in iran sparking more claims that iran's atomic program has military motives because the latest about that just ahead and getting ready in case greece gives up its upcoming election could be the country's final say on quitting the board to keep cutting but the eurozone is already preparing we hear for its

first farewell more on that ahead as well. egypt's early election results point to a runoff between a muslim brotherhood candidate in a former prime minister of the mubarak era the country's historic first presidential election since the uprising so only a moderate turnout and numerous complaints of ballot violations result reports now regardless of the outcome egypt's future could be bleak. it's a result that stunned many and has the potential to split the country into an islamist candidate pitted against a member of the former regime mohamed morsi is the choice of the powerful muslim brotherhood well as much afic was the last prime minister to serve under hosni mubarak egyptians and now have to choose one or the other for the country's top job and no one is happy. because he has become the. candidate of the revolution should we get rid of the remnants of the regime and

prevent the country from moving backwards but the muslim brotherhood is tainted by the same accusation and critics fear the group will stay egypt away from democracy into hardline islamic rule already the brotherhood controls more than half the seats in the new egyptian parliament and their appeal among poor communities gives them the edge which is why those who took to tell his square last year are worried i'm sure of the martyrs who are alive they would think that this is all his just no one chances for elections they wanted to free them now years and monthly massacre that takes place only because those who don't even have the right to be listened in the big square how can they really support the east and the last but of which are fixed wrong showing also threatens to undo everything mariam and her friends fought for shafiq is deeply hated by many egyptians and was pelted with stones and shoes when he went to vote but for that the to hear revolutionaries would able to field a single compelling candidate in the country's first post mubarak presidential elections. not change quickly.

but many egyptians expected their mommies to be replaced by moderates like i'm almost certain the sick list a vice a former member of mubarak's regime and of do mourn. a bush a tool a liberal form of brotherhood member adding to their woes egyptians also fear the military that's been ruling the country for the past fifteen months won't stick to its promise to hand over power and instead will continue to pull the strings even if from a farm mr noir that dr hassan the far believes would have unthinkable consequences i mean the thing has to be executed and it is then they thought it would be very very here right on and there will be a little bloodshed and i think that to me is very much aware of this it's very likely egyptians will vote in any islamist president marking one of the most

dramatic political turnarounds in history after all it wasn't that long ago that the muslim brotherhood was outlawed and it's members imprisoned now it's mubarak in the dock and the brotherhood almost in the presidency but there's been nothing about this election that's been predictable and until new constitution is approved it's still not clear what powers the new president will have but whoever wins his hands will be full of problems here run deep and economic and political frustrations are not that far from spilling over into different protests so to see r t cairo. you may be interested to hear the timeline of the turmoils also available on our web site r t dot com along with many of the stories as well of course like the east texas tracking your school kids now every step of the way force them to carry microchip the id card saying that you got some thoughts i don't get more stories online to the risk also did you see a hundred twenty five million viewers six russian ground and one massive eurovision

song contest but who would be the babushkas in the second but a little bit tired of the end but you can find out online. talks this. between iran and the u.n. nuclear watchdog in baghdad failed to produce any breakthrough and instead gave new ground for speculations that seeking to build a bomb and i reports suggested there were traces of high level enrich uranium at one facility something to run claims is a technical glitch islamic state added the discovery was blown out of proportion for political reasons that the report proved the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities iran of the world powers agree than to continue the talks here in moscow in mid june but risk advisor daniel wagner spoke to me he says there's no very little hope of getting a compromise. you know i look at iran and the west as sort of like mars vs venus

they want completely different things even if the west was inclined to ease the sanctions that are proposed for july they can't simply turn off the spigot and that's exactly what iran wants in the west i think what the west and israel are looking for is something which iran is simply not going to give them they're looking for a complete cessation of enrichment they're looking for a reversal of a process that has gone on for more than a decade now i just don't see how this is going to happen fortunately there's plenty of oil in the world markets and those nations that need to find alternative sources of oil are likely to be able to do so and those nations that have become accustomed to working with the iranian central bank will find other ways to do business with iran if that's what they need to do what's your prognosis see that's the question we're asking do you think will be a deal between iran and the west will you vote on our website or tito com this is

what you're telling us almost half of your vote so far think it doesn't matter if the talks succeed or not we think it will prevent a strike against iran a third of you there believe a deal is not possible because iran's concessions will never satisfy the west fourteen percent agree with you no progress because you never agreed to the west and just ten percent of your optimistic about the forthcoming talks it here in moscow the five plus one talks you think will nail the deal only ten percent ok you think to go home. there were some changes at the top in russia's political circles the latest big promise to dmitri medvedev elected as the leader of the ruling united russia party he vowed to make the group more open and transparent and promised a major overhaul among party chief earlier the country's new government was formed to as recently inaugurated president polluted and failed and team of ministers some key officials keep their post but about three quarters of the cabin. there are new appointments many from young reformists and market liberals there's been

a wave of major anti-government protests in russia's main cities in recent months as tens of thousands gathered to demand a shakeup in the governing elite. world news in brief now a nato airstrike killed a family of eight in afghanistan along with six children among the dead there officials say the victims had no connection with the taliban or any other terrorist group civilian casualties are a splintering issue these days between the afghan leadership and nato whose troops by twenty fourteen. thousands of protesters clashed with police outside the polls parliament has rival parties inside held last minute talks about controversial constitutional changes several demonstrators and three policemen were injured in the violence the politicians again fail to agree on carving separate states based on ethnicity on ethnicity it's a seen as key in stabilizing the country which has struggled since the end of a civil war by trees in two thousand and six. astronauts above

head in the international space station invented the first private supply ship two days after it dogs these latest pictures it's the first ever commercial cargo delivery to man's only outpost in space the unmanned dragon capsule was launched by a company in america called space x. that's a retired it shuttle fleet and step back from orbital missions in favor of the kind of thing you're seeing on your screens right now private companies doing the job. great voters are keeping the e.u. on tenterhooks as opinion polls indicate pro and anti austerity parties are running neck and neck now as next month's election draws closer it could of course decide whether greece stays or quits the euro and although e.u. leaders are publicly voicing support privately but then down the hatches to prepare for a greek exit is out is peter all over. should they stay or should they go germany's angela merkel is adamant too if you mind is that for my part i would like to say that i think we agree we want greece to remain in the euro zone we know that

it's the same for a majority of greek people. but it seems plans are being drawn up in case those hopes fail the german blunders bank says the situation in greece is extremely worrying but isn't predicting the demise of the single currency should the greeks quit the euro a view certainly not shared by all if it won't happen if it won't become reality then we are really in a mess and it means automatically that this particular domino effect all over europe because then we have also a question of moral hazard for example if you overdo it you pull out of the euro zone and every problem is nowhere then the others will begin to start ok it's a very nice solution for us we're all sort of a group for so far it's easier to pull out of europe or to go ireland i did here and also spain and italy in fact year zero skeptics feel that drastic german

government action may be needed if europe's dominant economy is to avoid being swamped in the economic mire which is so called corrects it or greek exit could cause it's not just here in germany that a post greek eurozone is being discussed the finance ministers from all member states have been drawing up contingency plans to try and determine how a greek exit would affect their economies european leaders continue to throw their support behind greek single currency membership the country's rerun elections next month are rapidly looking like a referendum on the euro in everything but name france's socialist president speaking after the informal brussels summit looked like a man trying to woo the greek electorate with rather softer talk than austerity. if . it was mentioned that we would be using the structural fund to support the growth efforts of greece as well so that the greek voters can be confident as to what

support will come after june the seventeenth. so as the future of greece in the euro zone enters what could be its final act top e.u. figures say it's all down to its people let's wait for the people of greece to have their say on the seventeenth of june and we will not let ourselves be derailed by those who want to promote speculative scenarios let's wait i do the will of the greek people but it's a wait and see time but with deep resistance in greece towards austerity there's no clear outcome in sight for this crisis these are all other beilin. coming up ahead of the crucial meeting later tonight at the u.n. security council about syria's crisis we speak with one of the country's top officials to discuss the nation's future as he sees it it's interesting chat that's coming your way after a couple of minutes after we kept our top stories here on our team from moscow it's now coming up to twenty seven minutes past ten o'clock at night moscow time. for.

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